Promise Of China’s Low-Altitude Economy Fuels Cargo Aircraft Startups

Air White Whale’s W5000

Air White Whale’s W5000 is the largest of the uncrewed cargo aircraft to emerge so far.

Credit: Air White Whale
No fewer than seven large uncrewed cargo aircraft have been flown or rolled out in China over the past five months—all but one of them developed by private companies established within the past decade. Strong support from China’s central and provincial governments is encouraging the companies’...
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